Ho na le litaelo tse 'maloa tsa Linux tseo u ka li sebelisang ho kopitsa lifaele ho tloha khomphuteng e' ngoe ho ea ho e 'ngoe. Taelo ea rcp (" r emote c o p y") e reretsoe ho sebetsa joaloka cp (" c o p y") taelo, ntle le hore e lumella ho kopitsa lifaele le litaelo holim'a marang-rang ho tloha ho lik'homphieutha tse hōle.
Ena e monate ebile e bonolo, empa ho e etsa hore o sebetse ho hlokahala hore u qale ho beha lik'homphieutha tse amehang khoebong ho lumella ts'ebetso ena. Sena se etsoa ka lifaele tsa ".rhosts". Bona mona bakeng sa boitsebiso bo eketsehileng.
Phetolelo e sireletsehileng haholo ea rcp ke scp (" s ecure c o p y"). E thehiloe ho ssh (" s ecure sh ell") protocol, e sebelisang ho kenyelletsa.
Molemo o ka sehloohong oa lenaneo la basebetsi ba ftp ke hore o tla le mekhoa e tloaelehileng e sebetsang ea ho sebetsa, ho kenyelletsa le boholo ba Linux distributions esita le Microsoft Windows, 'me ha e hloke ".rhosts" lifaele. U ka kopitsa lifaele tse ngata ka ftp , empa basebelisi ba motheo ba ftp ha ba fetise lifate tsohle tsa libuka.